Each year the OAS Secretary General publishes a proposed Program-Budget for the coming calendar year. The OAS General Assembly meets in a Special Session to approve the Program-Budget. Find these documents from 1998-2013 here.
Each year in April, the OAS Board of External Auditors publishes a report covering the previous calendar year’s financial results. Reports covering 1996-2016 may be found here.
Approximately six weeks after the end of each semester, the OAS publishes a Semiannual Management and Performance Report, which since 2013 includes reporting on programmatic results. The full texts may be found here.
Here you will find data on the Human Resources of the OAS, including its organizational structure, each organizational unit’s staffing, vacant posts, and performance contracts.
The OAS executes a variety of projects funded by donors. Evaluation reports are commissioned by donors. Reports of these evaluations may be found here.
The Inspector General provides the Secretary General with reports on the audits, investigations, and inspections conducted. These reports are made available to the Permanent Council. More information may be found here.
The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
Here you will find information related to the GS/OAS Procurement Operations, including a list of procurement notices for formal bids, links to the performance contract and travel control measure reports, the applicable procurement rules and regulations, and the training and qualifications of its staff.
The OAS Treasurer certifies the financial statements of all funds managed or administered by the GS/OAS. Here you will find the latest general purpose financial reports for the main OAS funds, as well as OAS Quarterly Financial Reports (QFRs).
Every year the GS/OAS publishes the annual operating plans for all areas of the Organization, used to aid in the formulation of the annual budget and as a way to provide follow-up on institutional mandates.
Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
OAS Permanent Council Commemorated the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery
March 23, 2018
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The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today held a special session to commemorate the “International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade,” within the framework of the Plan of Action for the Decade for Persons of Afro Descent in the Americas (2016-2025).
The session featured presentations by:
• The Member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th District of New York, Representative Gregory W. Meeks
· The National Spokesperson for the Congress of Racial Equality, Niger Innis
• The Secretary of the District of Columbia, Lauren C. Vaughan
· Associate Profesor at Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó “Diego Luís Córdoba”, Sergio Antonio Mosquera
* Author and Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law at George Washington University, Dr. Robert Cottrol
* Deputy Director of the Washington D.C. Mayor’s Office on Latino Affairs (MOLA), Julio Guity-Guevara
The OAS Assistant Secretary General, Nestor Mendez, said that “we can never and should never forget the impact of slavery and the current plight of many persons of African descent in the Americas, we must also recognize the advances and triumphs that have been made in the pursuit of social inclusion and political and economic empowerment for all."
For his part, the Chair of the Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of Chile to the OAS, Ambassador Juan Anibal Barria, recalled that "equality and non-discrimination are two cornerstones of human rights" and added that "on the 70th anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it must be recognized that, unfortunately, people of African descent continue to be a group whose human rights continue to be violated."
The session was part of the activities carried out by the Organization as part of the Inter-American Week for People of African Descent in the Americas.
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